After the Black Moonlight’s "Death Escape" Failed [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 66

Chapter 66: Survival Day Two

◎Who exactly is hunting whom?◎

Never mind the audience—even Wen Fengyue herself was stunned.

She slowly retracted her hand, flexed her knuckles, and looked up again at the tree that had been snapped in half.

The jagged edges at the break were fresh… it had clearly just broken; there were no old injuries or rot.

Wanting to prevent others from watching Jiao Qingyin sleep, Wen Fengyue had forcibly confiscated the other’s tracking optical computer and left it outside before she entered the tent. Consequently, both live perspectives were now showing the footage of her snapping a tree with a single palm strike.

The faint wolf cry Wen Fengyue had heard earlier vanished, leaving only the flashing red dots on the radar to prove that the creatures were still nearby and hadn’t left.

After confirming that Jiao Qingyin hadn’t woken up, Wen Fengyue ignored the bullet comments screaming for her to “try hitting another tree” and turned to draw her dagger, walking toward the direction of the red dots.

Given her height advantage, Wen Fengyue immediately spotted a wolf poking its head out to peek.

Wen Fengyue frowned. She didn’t sense hostility from this wolf, but she didn’t want to allow it to keep lingering near the tent either.

She tensed her body slightly, her grip on the dagger tightening.

Sensing Wen Fengyue’s vigilance, the alpha wolf—which looked very much like a Siberian Husky—let out a whimper and flopped directly onto the ground, lying on its side to expose its belly.

This was a posture of surrender and weakness, indicating it was unwilling to be Wen Fengyue’s enemy and was willing to acknowledge her as the leader.

The submission of an alpha usually symbolized the transfer of leadership for the entire pack.

However, Wen Fengyue didn’t understand this, nor did she have any desire for deep communication with the pack. Seeing the alpha looking both terrified and desperate to approach, she brandished her dagger and made a dangerous, shooing motion.

The alpha was indeed frightened by her; its fur stood on end as it flipped over and scrambled back into the bushes.

It ran a few steps and looked back, seemingly waiting for Wen Fengyue to change her mind.

Wen Fengyue remained unmoved. She only retracted her gaze once it had completely left her sight.

Due to the occasional affection Jiao Qingyin showed toward dogs, Wen Fengyue felt no goodwill toward any canine species whatsoever.

She returned to the tent and only relaxed after confirming with the radar that there were no abnormalities in the vicinity.

“That wolf is so cute, why didn’t she pet it?”

“Please, that’s a wolf, not a dog. Believe it or not, it only looks friendly on the surface; it’s just waiting for the host to pet it so it can bite her hand off.”

“Are you sure a wolf can bite this person’s hand off… She just slapped a tree that two people couldn’t even wrap their arms around in half…”

Reminded by this comment, the people whose attention had been diverted by the alpha wolf finally remembered the horrifying scene from a moment ago. They began clamoring for Wen Fengyue to try again.

Wen Fengyue couldn’t operate Jiao Qingyin’s live broadcast screen, so she just kept a cold face and ignored the shouting in the comments.

At this moment, a golden-lit comment, so eye-catching that Wen Fengyue couldn’t ignore it, floated across:

Lin Chu: “Try hitting another tree.”

The special effects exclusive to the top donor of the live room were extremely luxurious. Not only was there a special golden font and a flower-patterned speech bubble, but it also displayed the ID when posting.

The viewers in the live room subconsciously checked the rankings and discovered that this [Lin Chu] had already given Jiao Qingyin gifts worth three million star coins. That long string of zeros was dazzlingly golden and jaw-dropping.

While the comments lamented “The boss is generous” and “Great one, send me 50,” Wen Fengyue’s focus was entirely on the person’s name.

Her face was calm, but her joints felt like gears that hadn’t been oiled in a long time—so stiff they could barely turn.

If she remembered correctly, Jiao Qingyin’s mother was named Lin Chu…?

So, should she listen to what Lin Chu said?

Even if it was just a coincidence of names, this person had truly sent Jiao Qingyin three million in gifts, which was equivalent to giving her three chances for off-site aid. Should she… be a bit more polite to this person?

After a moment of hesitation, Wen Fengyue stood up.

She felt in her heart that what happened earlier must have been a coincidence. After all, she knew her previous physical condition best; the idea of waking up from a nap with Herculean strength was impossible no matter how she thought about it.

Thus, amidst the voices in the comments saying “Have you not eaten?”, she lightly threw a punch at a nearby tree.

With a bang, there was one more tree stump on the ground.

Wen Fengyue: “…”

She hid her own stupor behind a cold exterior, such that while the viewers screamed, they all felt this was entirely within Wen Fengyue’s expectations.

The golden comment flashed again: Lin Chu: “Protect Jiao Qingyin well.”

Then, three million in gifts appeared in Wen Fengyue’s live perspective as well.

There was no doubt who this person was now. Wen Fengyue gave a slightly stiff nod. “Of course, I will protect her.”

The viewers from the two live perspectives visited each other’s rooms. Seeing this, a bunch of people couldn’t suppress the urge to roast—Jiao Qingyin killed a star beast with one hand; what kind of protection does she need!

Lin Chu frowned as she watched the comments bragging about how powerful Jiao Qingyin was. Her fingers moved slightly as she replayed the video she had already watched countless times.

Jiao Qingyin in the video was casual and elegant, every movement far exceeding Lin Chu’s imagination.

Compared to the massive mutated star beast, Jiao Qingyin was as petite as a swallow darting through thunderclouds. Yet, when people were despairing for her situation, she easily cut through the sky with her wings.

Lin Chu never knew her daughter had such a side.

Moreover, she wondered if it was her illusion, but Jiao Qingyin seemed to have changed a lot.

The change was subtle, and it wasn’t primarily a change in personality, but… an essential difference from who she was before.

Lin Chu had regretted giving birth to this child countless times in the past. After discovering the girl’s dark and vicious heart, and even her malice toward her own mother, she felt a deep sense of disappointment.

She had questioned herself countless times: was it because she hadn’t done well enough that “Jiao Qingyin” grew up like this?

Lin Chu had never mistreated her daughter materially and had tried her best to give all the care she could, yet she received such a result. This led her, not long ago, to draft a will transferring her assets elsewhere, though she had hesitated to sign it.

She wanted to give “Jiao Qingyin” one last chance. Fortunately, this time, the girl did not let her down again.

Lin Chu didn’t think too deeply, nor did she know that according to the original plot, she would have been set up by her biological daughter during this time, involved in a car accident, and left to die on the operating table.

On the other side, seeing that Lin Chu had stopped posting, Wen Fengyue let out a sigh of relief for some reason. She picked up a piece of wood and sat on a tree stump.

She seemingly unintentionally used her body to block one side of the fire, preventing the camera from filming the meat that hadn’t been roasted yet.

Wen Fengyue didn’t want Lin Chu to start coveting Jiao Qingyin’s cooking skills again.

Someone asked what she was doing with the wood. Wen Fengyue didn’t answer; she just took out her dagger and began working.

The night breeze blew against her, with the rustle of leaves and the chirping of insects in her ears. Wen Fengyue’s focus grew more and more intense. By the end, she had forgotten where she was and that there were two cameras pointed at her; only the block of wood in her hand remained in her eyes.

“What are you doing?”

A voice suddenly sounded right against her ear. Wen Fengyue was startled, but before her body could instinctively act in defense, she recognized whose voice it was.

“Jiao Jiao, why are you up?”

Jiao Qingyin was looking at Wen Fengyue’s hand. Before answering, she first asked with interest: “Can I see it?”

As soon as she spoke, Wen Fengyue handed the item over directly—it was a half-finished wooden carving.

“Is this me?” After taking the carving, Jiao Qingyin naturally sat down leaning against Wen Fengyue and observed it by the firelight. “How impressive. I didn’t know you had this skill.”

Wen Fengyue rubbed her nose, feeling a bit awkward yet a bit happy to be praised.

“How did you recognize it?” she asked.

The wooden figure was a semi-finished product, so the face consisted only of a few simple lines and lacked obvious features. Wen Fengyue didn’t expect Jiao Qingyin to guess correctly instantly.

Jiao Qingyin tilted her head. Because she had removed her hair tie while sleeping, her black hair was loose and slightly messy. Her sidelong glance was lazy and beautiful, making Wen Fengyue’s heart race instantly.

She curled her lips slightly, her tone as light as a feather. “If it’s not me, then who else would it be?”

Wen Fengyue blushed uselessly and let out an “Mhm” with her head lowered.

Though her face was shy, her hand followed her heart and reached for Jiao Qingyin.

Jiao Qingyin didn’t pull away, letting the other hold her fingers, and then, bit by bit, their fingers intertwined.

After sitting quietly for a while, Wen Fengyue remembered the unanswered question. “Why did you come out? Did I wake you up?”

Jiao Qingyin squeezed Wen Fengyue’s hand, thinking, You made such a huge commotion earlier; it would be strange if I didn’t wake up.

Wen Fengyue was clearly feeling a bit guilty as well. She was wondering how to explain the two extra giant trees on the ground to Jiao Qingyin.

Should she say she suddenly discovered she seemed to have superpowers, or that she had awakened some kind of strength…?

She didn’t even know the reason herself; how could she explain it clearly?

But Jiao Qingyin didn’t ask. As if she hadn’t noticed the changes in the surroundings, she turned the carving over and over many times, then suggested: “Can you carve one of yourself?”

Wen Fengyue was stunned. “I can… but…” She didn’t have much interest in carving her own image.

But before she could voice her thoughts, she was stopped by Jiao Qingyin’s sparkling eyes.

“Carve one of yourself to give to me, okay?” Jiao Qingyin looked at her expectantly. “That way, if you’re not here, it can keep me company.”

Wen Fengyue’s breath hitched slightly, not because she was tempted by the proposal, but because— “I won’t ‘not be here’.”

After saying it once, she emphasized it again, “I will always be by your side… if you don’t drive me away.”

She spoke the first half with absolute certainty and a hint of possessive dominance, but the second half softened instantly, and her gaze toward Jiao Qingyin carried a bit of piteousness.

She almost had “You won’t drive me away, right?” written all over her face.

Jiao Qingyin laughed and pinched the other’s cheek, tugging it twice until the feigned aggrieved expression was gone, then made an intimate promise: “I won’t drive you away. Rest assured, you can stay by my side as long as you want. You can stay for several lifetimes.”

Light sparked in Wen Fengyue’s eyes.

But… did she mean “stay as long as you want” as a friend, or if their status changed, would Jiao Qingyin still let her stay by her side forever?

Her heart accelerated and her blood raced. She finally summoned the courage to ask this question.

However, she stayed silent for a bit too long. Jiao Qingyin had already turned her attention back to the previous topic. “So, will you carve a ‘you’ for me?”

“…” Wen Fengyue subconsciously gripped Jiao Qingyin’s hand tighter.

Jiao Qingyin blinked in confusion.

Having missed the best opportunity, Wen Fengyue felt like a balloon pricked by a needle; all the air she had managed to gather leaked out completely.

“…I will,” she finally said. “You can even specify the hairstyle and clothes.”

Jiao Qingyin laughed. “That’s wonderful. When we go home, we’ll put the two carvings together and let them be together forever, too.”

Wen Fengyue was touched by the words, yet she still instinctively followed up with: “Are you not going to let it keep you company anymore?”

Hearing this question, Jiao Qingyin poked the half-finished little carving and said in a very natural tone:

“Didn’t you say you would always stay by my side? Then I don’t need the little carving—just let ‘Little Moon’ stay with ‘Little Caramel’.”

Wen Fengyue’s hand shook, almost snapping the tree stump beneath them.

She lowered her head and closed her eyes, trying hard to restrain her emotions.

Yet Jiao Qingyin didn’t seem to think there was anything special about what she said. Seeing Wen Fengyue lower her head, she leaned her own head over and spoke with a smile: “Sleeping inside alone is so boring—come sleep with me?”

Wen Fengyue—Wen Fengyue agreed.

Hand in hand, the two crawled into the tent one after another. The two optical computers were shut out; after spinning around twice, they could only choose to aim at the tent door and film quietly.

The viewers: “…”

Dammit! They wanted to see the scene inside too!

“They definitely went in to do it.”

“They did it.”

“Didn’t they say they are friends? Don’t overthink it.”

“You and your friend would be this intimate? Then I think one of you is crushing hard in secret.”

“What is there that I, a VIP, cannot watch? When you went into the tent, you should have taken the optical computers with you!”

After hovering for a long time over the two perspectives that only showed the tent door, some viewers remembered they had another way to judge what the two were doing—the guest life-status monitoring system.

Each guest wore a bracelet on their wrist that monitored their heart rate in real-time. The results would be displayed on the main livestream page to help the crew and audience determine if a guest was in danger.

Because the main livestream usually only featured commentary from the crew and occasional advertisements for suppliers, it had no special segments and often had poor popularity. The commentator was also used to this; since it was now the early morning, he was feeling a bit drowsy.

Suddenly, a barrage of comments appeared, giving the commentator a start, making him think a guest hadn’t survived the first night.

But checking the heart rate chart, other than the two stars having somewhat high heart rates, nothing seemed abnormal.

Seeing the screen full of requests to “Replay Wen Fengyue’s heart rate changes”, the commentator followed suit instinctively.

Wen Fengyue’s heart rate changes over the previous half hour were displayed in the livestream as a graph.

At first, it was a normal seventy or eighty, but starting from the moment Jiao Qingyin woke up, the entire curve climbed sharply.

And when Jiao Qingyin issued the invitation to “sleep together,” Wen Fengyue’s heart rate spiked directly to 180.

“It’s higher than my height! And you still say you’re not a couple!”

However, inside the tent, Wen Fengyue and Jiao Qingyin did nothing; they simply held each other and entered dreamland together.

In their respective dreams, however, quite a few plots occurred that couldn’t pass censorship—the kind that even VIPs couldn’t watch.

Early the next morning, it started raining in the forest.

Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue walked through the woods, each holding a large leaf to shield themselves from the rain, chatting and laughing.

The sound of the forest in the rain was very pleasant; the sound of rain hitting the leaves mixed with the chirping of insects and birds, making one feel refreshed.

They both simultaneously had a thought: if they could just keep walking like this, it wouldn’t be so bad.

The two were unaware that near the path beneath their feet, many star beasts used to dwell, such that even large wild animals didn’t dare come here.

The forest, which was originally fraught with danger, was walked through by them as if they were in a holiday resort village.

“It’s so quiet,” Jiao Qingyin adjusted the radar. “No wild animals or star beasts are approaching in the vicinity.”

Wen Fengyue nodded. “Indeed.”

Aside from the previous wolf pack, which had been trailing them just outside the radar detection range, no large creatures were indeed appearing near them.

After sleeping in the tent for a while in the early morning, Wen Fengyue discovered upon waking that her senses were terrifyingly sharp. With a slight twitch of her nose, she could smell scents from an extreme distance.

Wen Fengyue didn’t know the purpose of the wolf pack following her and Jiao Qingyin, so she kept a bit of an eye on them after discovering them.

Her hearing had also become very good; she could occasionally hear some wolf howls for no reason, but she couldn’t understand what they were howling about at all.

Hearing their conversation, the comments had a lot to say. Some people who were involuntarily enjoying the beautiful scenery with them due to the atmosphere came out to roast a bit.

“Do you not have any clue why star beasts and wild animals don’t dare get close to you?”

“Your backpacks are literally carrying mutated star beast jerky! Any animal that doesn’t want to become jerky isn’t going to come looking for you!”

Some people newly entering their perspective were confused. “What does that mean? Are the two of them very strong?”

At first, the comments would actively explain. Later, when they saw such questions, they simply threw out links, telling these people to watch the videos of Jiao Qingyin killing the star beast in seconds and Wen Fengyue chopping trees with her bare hands.

Because Wen Fengyue’s perspective couldn’t post comments, everyone gathered at Jiao Qingyin’s to chat. The entire comment environment was quite harmonious, except for the high number of question marks.

Until a red dot appeared on the radar of the two, and a large wave of new people suddenly appeared in the comments.

“Waiting for the hunt to begin.”

“K04 is an old pro. He was famous for his brutality during underground brawls.”

“K04, tear them apart!”

“I heard they’re a couple? K-bro’s favorite thing to kill is couples!”

“Preferably like last time—tie one up and let her watch her partner die with her own eyes, hahaha!”

The remarks of these people were full of hostility and malice, making it easy to identify where they came from—they were fans of K04. They used to watch K04’s underground boxing matches, and now that he had “switched jobs” to be a “Hunter” in a survival show, they followed the scent.

The “last time” they mentioned was during a fighter’s retirement match. K04, in collusion with the underground gym owner, kidnapped the fighter’s girlfriend and brought her onto the stage, forcing the fighter to fight him to the death.

That fighter was nearly forty and had been with his girlfriend for twelve years. He was going to propose after this match, but at the moment before happiness arrived, he died on the boxing ring.

His girlfriend watched him die and, triggered by the engagement ring rolling to her feet, collapsed on the spot and chose to commit suicide to join him in death.

That day was a carnival for the underground boxing ring and attracted many fans for K04. These people had now all come to Jiao Qingyin’s perspective.

Upon hearing from K04 that his targets this time were two celebrities, they became completely excited.

Hunting “stars” right under the eyes of countless people sounded like so much fun!!

Especially since these two were a couple—K04’s fans were almost unable to contain their inner ecstasy.

Some among them had also seen the video of Jiao Qingyin killing the star beast in seconds circulating on the Star Net, but they didn’t take it seriously at all—other than those who stayed in the live room and watched the entire process, most netizens believed the video was synthesized.

Maybe Jiao Qingyin used some small trick, the star beast was actually already in a weakened state, the crew intervened to help her… they had countless ways to explain it away.

They didn’t respect Jiao Qingyin or Wen Fengyue. Their talk was full of disdain and insults, which infuriated the viewers who had already become fans of the two.

K04’s past deeds weren’t hard to find. Why was he able to escape legal sanctions back then? Why did “Blue Star Adventurer” ignore his criminal record during the background check?

On the show’s official homepage, questions appeared one after another, but the relevant personnel chose to play dead and not respond. Inside the livestream, the distance between Jiao Qingyin’s duo and K04 was getting closer and closer.

Viewers who looked up K04’s past record began to worry sincerely for Jiao Qingyin and the other.

“Xiao Jiao, run quickly! Don’t go in that direction!”

“K04 wants to kill you!”

“Go! Go!”

Even after seeing Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue’s combat power with their own eyes, the viewers still couldn’t control their fear.

It was simply that the strength they displayed was too great, so great it felt unreal. By contrast, K04, who had modified his entire body, was the type that allowed people to intuitively feel, “This person is very strong.”

In last night’s livestream, K04 used a rocket launcher modified into his arm to blow up a three-star star beast. The popularity of that video was second only to Jiao Qingyin’s duo.

He brought thermal weapons, whereas the only weapons Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue had were daggers; no matter how one thought about it, they were at a disadvantage.

“Why are other contestants forbidden from carrying thermal weapons, but K04 can carry them?”

“Because his “weapons” are strictly speaking part of his prosthetic body, so they comply with the regulations…”

“Hilarious. You can’t beat K-bro, so you start acting salty.”

“To be a fan of this kind of person, your character is just as rotten as his.”

The comments were arguing fiercely. Jiao Qingyin certainly saw them, and her expression became somewhat cold.

She originally just wanted to solve K04 as an “accident” and make him feel a bit more pain in the process. Now, it seemed… she needed to use more aggressive means.

For scum, there was no need to show mercy.

Wen Fengyue also saw these comments. Additionally, she could sense the wolf pack behind them picking up speed, racing toward them.

She turned her head just as Jiao Qingyin looked toward her. They met each other’s eyes and both chose to wait for the other to speak first.

But at that moment, a “person” gleaming with a metallic luster appeared right in front of them.

The radar showed that K04 was still a long distance from them—now it seemed he had thrown his tracker there. Combined with his full mechanical modification, the thermal system failed to detect him.

BEEP— After a long electronic noise, the three tracking optical computers sparked at the same time, and the cameras were forcibly shut down.

The live room instantly went pitch black. The viewers could still hear sounds, but they could no longer see the picture.

Soon, they couldn’t even hear sounds.

This was the prerequisite K04 used to manufacture “accidents”—with no one seeing what he did, he would make the existing evidence look as though Jiao Qingyin and Wen Fengyue had met with a mishap themselves.

“@ProductionCrew, stop playing dead! Come out and handle this!”

“@ProductionCrew, someone here is violating the rules and hurting guests!!”

“D*mn! I can’t see the most exciting scenes now.”

“After the show ends, K-bro will put the video he took himself on the dark web to sell. Don’t worry, everyone.

“?? A criminal is literally riding on your face, and you’re not going to do anything?!”

“Who’s going to do anything? Public security on Blue Star is messy to begin with, and this is in a primitive forest. When the time comes, K04 just has to toss their trackers, and the crew won’t even find their bodies.”

“Security issues are the “blessing” of Blue Star people’s abuse of machines and androids.”

Looking at the pair of celebrities in front of him holding hands, a twisted, savage grin appeared on K04’s face, which was pieced together from metal.

“Whatever I do to you now, no one will know,” he said. “Have you decided how you want to die?”

He paused, and his prosthetic eye lit up with a red light—proof that recording had begun. “Kneel down now and say some nice things to me. Maybe I’ll be a bit gentler when I strike.”

Jiao Qingyin looked up at the temporarily disabled optical computer, then at the cliff not far away, and finally at the tracker K04 had discarded as shown on her radar. She felt puzzled.

How could someone be this cooperative? He picked such a perfect spot, saving her even the trouble of dealing with the aftermath.

A rainy day can bury many traces; so burying a few more mechanical parts should be quite normal, right?